Helen Kruger receives AMBS service award

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ELKHART, Ind.—Helen Kruger of Saskatoon, Sask., is the recipient of the 2008 Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind., alumni ministry and service award.

Education has been a theme through Kruger’s own life—both as a student and as a teacher. This started when she was 17 and served as teacher of a country school in Saskatchewan. She also was houseparent and dean of women at Rosthern (Sask.) Junior College, and taught at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, Kitchener, Ont., and in Clinical Pastoral Education programs. Through these experiences, she pursued her own learning: a B.S. in nursing at Bethel College, North Newton, Kan., in 1958, an M.R.E at AMBS in 1961, an M.A. in English in 1974, an M.A. in German in 1980, and an M.Div. at AMBS in 1996 after taking Clinical Pastoral Education courses in Saskatoon.

Kruger was the first woman to serve on the board of Mennonite Biblical Seminary, beginning in 1974 and serving for 12 years. She was also at the forefront of other women in ministry and leadership roles. After receiving the M.Div., she became one of only 16 women who were certified teaching supervisors in CAPPE, the Canadian association of chaplains.—AMBS

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